United Federation of Planets=European Union?

[Sci]

I would point out that while I have no problem with the idea of using info from the novels -- including the United Earth President, United Earth Prime Minister, and United Earth Parliament -- none of that has been established in the canon. The most that was established in the canon was when ENT's "Demons"/"Terra Prime" established that Nathan Samuels's title in the United Earth government was "Minister." This implies a parliamentary system, but that's as far as it goes. Again, I'm not saying that we shouldn't include info from the novels, just that we should remember where that data came from.

True enough, but until/unless the information is contradicted by an on-screen source, the novels are all we have to go on. And since canon is an arbitrary thing anyway, the novels' take on things is better than nothing.

I completely agree -- I just wanted to make sure people understood where the info was coming from.